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TENTH ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE 



mittee of three be appointed by the 

 chair on resolutions. 



iPres. Bowen — I would appoint on 

 that committee, Mr. Moore, Mr. Pyles 

 and Mr. York. 



Mr. Stone — ^^There are quite a num- 

 ber of committees, it seems to me, 

 ought to be appointed. I guess all 

 these things will go before the Resolu- 

 tion Committee, though; it may be 

 that the Resolution Committee can 

 take up all these matters that were 

 suggested in tbe Secretary's report. 



Mr. York — I would suggest that all 

 matters that the Secretary speaks of 

 be referred to this Resolution Com- 

 mittee, and that this committee report 

 tomorrow morning, and then we can 

 act upon these various matters at that 

 time. 



Pres. Bowen — If there is no objec- 

 tion, that will be the sense of the meet- 

 ing. 



Mr. Pyles — I would suggest another 

 thing, and that is, that if there is any- 

 thing that anybody wants a resolution 

 on — anything that they would like 

 brought before this convention — that 

 that person present it in writing, mak- 

 ing suggestions as to what is desired, 

 and we will try to take these sugges- 

 tions up in order. 



Pres. Bowen — Is there any one here 

 who wishes to join the convention, 

 that has not already done so? If so, 

 now is the time to hand your money 

 to the Secretary — now is the time to 

 pay your money and get a badge. 



Pres. Bowen^The next thing in 

 order is miscellaneous business. Is 

 there any one who has anything to 

 offer at the present time? 



Mr. Stone — There are two papers 

 here from Dr. Bohrer — one on Euro- 

 pean Foul Brood, and one for an Act to 

 go to the Legislature, I would think, 

 from the looks of it. Is that what it 

 is, Dr. Bohrer? 



Dr. Bohrer — The Bill is one to be 

 suggested to the Legislative Commit- 

 tee by the Illinos State Bee-Keepers' 

 Association. I think it would be well 

 for the bee-keepers of the Illinois 

 State Bee-Keepers' Association present 

 to look over this Bill, and If it is what 

 you want, to refer it to the Committee 

 on Legislation, and I wish to keep 

 this bill, they can make a copy of it; I 

 want to take the Bill back with me to 

 Topeka; our State Convention meets 

 next week. We want to try to adopt 



something of that kind there. We 

 have a Foul Brood law but it is not 

 satisfactory. And as to the paper I 

 have written, whenever it is proper 

 for subjects of that kind to be brought 

 before the convention, it is at your dis- 

 posal. 



Pres. Bowen — If there is no objection 

 the Secretary will read the Bill. 



Dr. Bohrer— I now happen to be 

 afflicted with a cataract, and I could 

 not see what I was writing. If there 

 are any errors you will have to 

 straighten them out. I could hardly 

 see the letters on my typewriter. 



Secretary Stone reads as follows: 



Foul Brood Bill Just Passed in Kansas. 



Ani Act for the Suppression of Con- 

 tagious or Infectious Diseases Among 

 Bees in the State of Kansas. 



Be it enacted by the Legislature of the 

 State of Kansas: 



Section 1. In addition to the duties 

 heretofore assigned to it, the State En- 

 tomological Commission is hereby direct- 

 ed and authorized to appoint one or more 

 competent assistants when required, who 

 shall be designated as "inspector of api- 

 aries," and whose duty it shall be under 

 the direction of said commission to in- 

 spect an apiaries, bees and hives for the 

 purpose of detecting and destroying in- 

 fection or disease in and among said 

 apiaries, bees and hives. 



Sec. 2. Said assistants under the di- 

 rection of said commission when notified 

 by the owner of any apiaries or bee 

 keepers, or by any three disinterested 

 .taxpayers, of infection or disease of any 

 kind, shall examine air such reported 

 apiaries, and all others in the same 

 locality not reported and ascertain 

 whether or not the disease known as 

 American foul brood, or European foul 

 brood or any other disease, which is in- 

 fectious or contagious in its nature and 

 injurious to honey-bees in their egg, 

 larval, pupal or adult stages, exists in 

 such apiaries or among such bees, and If 

 satisfied of the existence Of any such dis- 

 ease, shall give the owner or caretaker 

 of the diseased infected apiaries and bees, 

 full Instructions for treating such cases 

 as in' the inspector's judgment seems best 

 or treat the ailment himself in case it 

 may seem best for the successful treat- 

 ment and stamping out of said Infection 

 and disease. 



Sec. 3. Said assistants under the di- 

 rection of said commission shall visit 

 all Infected apiaries and bees a second 

 time in case the work of stamping out 

 the disease was not contemplated on his 

 first visit, withiii ten days thereafter, and 

 If need be biirn all colonies of bees that 

 he may find not cured of such disease 

 and all honey and appliances which would 

 spread the disease, without compensation 

 to the owner or the lessee thereof. 



Sec, 4. It shall be unlawful for the 

 owner of any apiaries, bees, honey or ap- 

 pliances wherein disease and Infection ex- 



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